Silo-packer.



H. WALTERS & w. P. HARPER.

SILO PACKER.

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SI'LO PACKER.

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HOMER WALTERS AND WILLIAMP. HARPER, 0F ABILENE, KANSAS; SAID HARPERASSIGNOB T0 SAID WALTERS.

SILO-PACKER.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

, Application filed June 7, 1917. Serial No. 173,379.

To all whom it may concern:

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates tov new and useful improvements in silo packingand consists of a simple and efiicient apparatus of this nature havingvarious details of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be hereinafter fully described and then specificallydefined in the appended claims. Our invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference markedthereon, form a part of the application and in which Figure 1 is acentral sectional view through a silo showing the application of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of- Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a sectional View on line H of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of a hook.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numerals, 1designates a silo and 2 is a socket mounted in the bottom row and inwhich a ball bearing 3 is lo cated. 4c is a shaft, the lower end ofwhich is journaled in said socket and against the hearing 8. Shaft 1 isangular in cross section and its upper end is journaled in a boxing 5carried on the shaft 6, which is journaled in bearings 7 at the walls ofthe silo. A beveled gear wheel 8 is fixed to the shaft 1 and is in meshwith the beveled gear 9 keyed to the shaft 6. Power is transmitted tothe shaft 6 through the medium of the sprocket chain 10 and wheels 11and 12 the latter of which is fixed to a counter shaft 13, having keyedthereto a driving pulley 1%;

Splined to the shaft 4; is a cylindrical member 15 which has a beveledend 16 to which are secured the bars 17 having hooked ends 18 attachedto the chains 19 which in turn are fastened to eyes 20 at the outer endsof the rods 21 the latter having their inner ends formed into hooksengaging eyes 22 upon a collar 23 fixed to the cylinder 15. Said rods 21have a seriesof fangs 24 of different lengths and spaced apart and whichserve as rake teeth. Two oppositely disposed rollers 25 are mounted torotate upon the rods 26 the inner ends of which form eyes and are hookedto eyes 27 upon said at the ends of the bars 30, which latter aresecured to the beveled head 16 of said cylinder.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood as follows:

After the ensilage is placed in the silo it is leveled off by the raketeeth, as the shaft 4B is given a rotary movement the rollers serving asmeans for packing down the ensilage and serving to raise the cylinder asadditional ensilage is placed within the silo, the roller turning uponthe upper surface thereof.

By the provisions of the apparatus embodying the features of myinvention, it will be noted that the parts are automatic in theiraction, causing the ensilage to be evenly built up within the silo untilthe cylindrical member upon the shaft reaches its highest limit.

What we claim to be new is 1. In combination with a silo, a verticallydisposed rotatable shaft mounted therein, a movable member upon saidshaft and rotating therewith, rods connected to said member and havingrake teeth thereon, arms upon said member, and connections between thearms and the outer ends of said rods causing the latter to rotate withthe arms, horizontally disposed rollers carried by said member.

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